The One Fund Boston: Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino established this fund after the attack and it . Visit onefundboston.org to contribute.

As of Wednesday night, organizers said corporate and individual donors had contributed $7 million to the fund. Kenneth Feinberg, a Brockton native who ran the Sept. 11th Victims Compensation Fund and other high-profile accounts to assist people affected by disasters, has been named to administer the fund, pro bono.

Charity Navigator, which evaluates charitable organizations, usually recommends against supporting brand new funds set up in a time of crisis. However, the organization said on its website that the caliber of the One Fund´s leadership and media scrutiny "hopefully will help ensure that the fund does as it promises it will do."

Coakley´s office said the One Fund is among charities "reputable and worthy of financial support from the public," and organizations such as the American Red Cross have pointed donors to the One Fund if they want to directly support victims.

Organizers of the new fund already have filed paperwork to register as a nonprofit.